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Vanilla Meringue Cookies Recipe

Holiday dinners often feature rich, heavy desserts. So we suggest you also offer these, light, airy morsels.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Vanilla Meringue Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 45 min. + standing

Yield: 65 Servings

20 45 65

Ingredients

3 egg whites
1-1/2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Dash salt
3/4 cup sugar

Directions

Place egg whites in a small bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Add the vanilla, cream of tartar and salt; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved, about 7 minutes.
Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a #32 star tip. Fill bag with egg white mixture. Pipe 1-1/4-in.-diameter cookies onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
Bake at 250° for 40-45 minutes or until set and dry. (Turn oven off; leave cookies in oven for 1 hour.) Carefully remove from parchment paper. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 10 calories, trace fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5 mg sodium, 2 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchange: Free food.

Originally published as Vanilla Meringue Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2009, p69

Sweet White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

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Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2012 by oinkey1060

its a yummy treat, Everyone will love it

Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2012 by wiscook

super easy, make sure you warm the eggs and beat them until very firm. Excellent taste and look pretty on a cookie plate.

Reviewed on May. 28, 2012 by nurseonwheels

I gave this four stars only because I've never made meringues before and have nothing to compare with, but this was so simple. I was looking for a diabetic-friendly sweets recipe for my dad and this one turned out even better because I forgot to add the salt, but it still tastes great.